Definition of "codefendant" []

• Law A joint defendant. (noun)

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• "Complicating the Rosenberg trial was the fact that the codefendant was a woman."
• "I didn't know what to do, laughed Big Anthony, as he admitted being part of the hit team in 1993 that murdered Orena faction rival Joseph Scopo, whose brother, Ralph Jr., is a codefendant in the massive 39-defendant indictment."
• "At the start of the trial, on Monday, a lawyer for Rémy Chardon, a codefendant in the trial who was Mr. Chirac's chief of staff at the time, submitted a constitutional claim to the court."